No 38 team league in Argentina

The controversial 38 team top tier Argentinian Football League idea has been dropped by Argentinian Football Association president Julio Grondona after a lot of criticism about the plans which some called a crazy idea.

The AFA had received support from 15 of the 20 premier division clubs in last weeks Executive Committee meeting; but the media, politicians and fans heavily criticized the idea.

Many saw this step as a way of Julio Grondona trying to garner support amongst the clubs to ensure he gets re-elected as AFA president in October, others thought the idea was to try and generate more TV revenues but the question remained if all clubs would have profited, while some even said this was a way to try and ensure River Plate would have been back in the top division by the 2012/13 season and bad club management wouldn't be punished.

Julio Grondona had no other option but to drop the idea and said, "The tournament won't change. The idea is suspended."

"I won't call to any assembly in October, November or December. I have no interest in any change. It will be the clubs who should take now any further step for making any change to the tournament - changes that they had been claiming for a long time," Grondona added.


Here the original article about the expanded league: Argentina: New top division with 38 clubs